I have decided that I’m going to post pictures of my birthmark here… for whomever wants to see them. I think it’s natural for folks who have PWSs to want to look at pictures of other people’s PWSs to compare… I’ve certainly been doing that for most of my life, whenever I’ve rarely run into someone with one. I’m lucky (?) in that there was a kid that I grew up with (we even went to the same preschool) who had one on his face, along his jawline, like half a beard - much more serious implications, certainly – but he was very fortunate and had no adverse effects that I knew of. He had laser treatments in high school; I was secretly very jealous. I don’t know if he knows it or not, but I always felt a sort of kinship with him – even though we were in entirely different social circles in high school, and we didn’t speak much.
Anyway, I haven’t met anyone since who’s had a PWS, except for my stepmom – and hers is just a little tiny one on her face that’s barely there. She covers it up and gets it lasered, and nobody even knows she has it. To me… it just can’t compare with this big honking purple blotch running the entire length of the back of my right leg, toes to butt.
I’ve seen a lot of pictures online of a lot of PWSs, and I figure if those folks are gutsy enough to put their pix online, then I should be fair about it and get a few of my own up. Of course, I can’t show you the whole thing because some of my birthmark is on my “nether regions” – and although this isn’t exactly a family show due to my cussing and ranting, this isn’t that kind of blog!! I will show you, though, the part on the lower portion of my leg and foot. I will show thigh pictures perhaps in a few months after I’ve had a chance to lose a bit more weight and do not look quite so yicky. I’m far from fat – but definitely self-conscious.
I hope to do this tonight, after I get home from my workout and have a nice shower.
